by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
"We're on the right track." That's how state education officials describe how 4 th , 8th and 10th graders in the state did on their recent achievement tests. Deputy state schools superintendent Tony Evers says overall, scores in math went up...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
Bucks GM Larry Harris will be taking a lucky stone to the NBA Draft Lottery tonight. Harris got the stone from a Green Bay man who told him he'd been carrying it for luck for years. Nearly 100 fans submitted lucky charms for Harris to take to the...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
Prince Fielder hit a pair of home runs and Rickie Weeks collected three hits as the Brewers pounded the Dodgers 9-5 in their series opener last night in Los Angeles. Fielders to jacks tied him with JJ Hardy for the N.L. lead at 14. Jeff Suppan picked...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
State lawmakers are being urged to protect child care services. The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families has sent a memo to members of the Legislature's budget committee, opposing some provisions of the Governor's budget. Council director Charity...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
State lawmakers could soon be stopped from passing unfunded mandates on to local governments. Legislation from State Representative Steve Wieckert (R-Appleton) would keep lawmakers from requiring local governments to create programs, unless they also include the...
by WRN Contributor | May 22, 2007
Should impeachment be back on the table? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have taken it off the table months ago, but speakers at UW-Madison's Memorial Union Monday urged Congress impeach President Bush and Vice-President Cheney. Madison native Debra Sweet is...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
There's help for women business owners in Wisconsin to cross that million-dollar threshold. The founder of "Take Your Daughter to Work Day" says she initially didn't get a lot of help with her new idea – Make Mine a Million Dollar Business –...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
The Make Mine a Million Dollar Business program aims to elevate women businesses in our state. Appearing at the Concourse Hotel in Wisconsin's capitol city, Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton tells the crowd of professional women to "get on the entrepreneurial...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
The Doyle Administration has scaled-back a proposed tax on hospitals , but Republican budget-writers still don't like it. Joint Finance Committee Co-chair Kitty Rhoades (R-Hudson) says the proposal is absolutely offensive. She says it's a tax on the sick and...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
While a debate rages over who will pay for the clean-up, there's still no plan on how to clean-up a Superfund contamination site in Ashland County. It's been a while since coal tar contamination was discovered at the site of an old manufactured gas plant in...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
The state hopes to make millionaires out of some Wisconsin women. Many women entrepreneurs in the Badger State are saying, " Make Mine a Million Dollar Business ." That's the name of a national initiative that aims to provide a million women with...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
The Packers closed the books on their first mandatory mini-camp of the off-season on Sunday. Brett Favre was at all-three workouts as he gets ready for the 2007 season. Head coach Mike McCarthy says that it was important that Favre be at the workouts to...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
Geoff Jenkins hit his 200th career home run and drove in 5 runs as the Brewers beat the Twins 6-5 on Sunday at Miller Park. The win avoids a Twins sweep and puts the Brewers back at 10 games over the .500 mark. Matt Wise picked up the win in relief of...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
Both UW-Stevens Point and Carthage College qualified for the NCAA Division Three World Series with Regional Championships this past weekend. UW-Stevens Point advanced to their 2nd straight national title round by beating UW-Oshkosh in Wisconsin Rapids. ...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
Police dogs that bite a suspect could soon be exempt from state quarantine guidelines. Walworth County Sheriff's Deputy and K-9 officer Bob Wierenga says the current 10 day rabies quarantine for dogs that bite a person can keep a valuable police resource off the...
by WRN Contributor | May 21, 2007
The shooting death of a four year old Milwaukee girl last week is evoking anger, frustration and a call for gun law changes. Governor Doyle says he favors going back to a system where local communities could have tougher gun laws than the state. Jim Fendry with the...
by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2007
Green Bay Packers kicker Dave Rayner found out the Packers selected a kicker in the 6th round of the draft while he was on vacation in the Dominican Republic. He said he was initially upset, for about 10 minutes and then decided he wouldn't let it ruin his...
by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2007
The Milwaukee Brewers were held to just 3-hits last night and dropped their series opener to the Minnesota Twins 8-1 at Miller Park. Boof Bonser dominated on the mound, working 7 innings, allowing 3 hits and striking out a career high 11 hitters. It also ended a...
by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2007
Wisconsin's 60th Alice in Dairyland will be crowned Saturday night. And have times changed. Sixty years ago the criteria for the state's dairy and ag ambassador were quite different. The Ag Department's Robin Engle says back then she was a beauty queen...
by WRN Contributor | May 19, 2007
Perhaps better late than never. Thirty seven years after UW physics researcher Robert Fassnacht died in the Sterling Hall bombing , the UW unveiled a plaque in his memory Friday. Frank Scarpace was a friend and graduate student who worked with Fassnacht....
